Asian elephants as agricultural pests: Economics of control and compensation in Sri Lanka

Natural Resources Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 491-520

  Bandara, Ranjith ^a   Tisdell, Clem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; CROP DAMAGE; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; PEST CONTROL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

SRI LANKA;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 0036628098     PISSN: 00280739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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